Bill Text: NY S02593 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that teachers, principals, and superintendents are no longer required to sign confidentiality agreements.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - PRINT NUMBER 2593A [S02593 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02593-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2593--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, CARLUCCI, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to confidentiality agree- ments with teachers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows: 3 57. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no 4 teacher, principal, or superintendent shall be required to sign a confi- 5 dentiality agreement with their respective school district, board of 6 cooperative educational services, or the department that prevents such 7 teacher, principal, or superintendent from discussing the contents of 8 any ELA and math assessments in grades 3 through 8. 9 b. The commissioner shall amend and/or modify any current confiden- 10 tiality agreement to remove any provisions that prevent teachers, prin- 11 cipals, or superintendents from discussing the contents of any ELA and 12 math assessments in grades 3 through 8. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06440-02-8